January 5th, 1982

Born on January 5th, 1982

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 547 days, exactly on October 26th, 2025, people who were born on January 5th, 1982 will be 16,000 days old!

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What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Born on January 5th, 1982

42

Benoît Vaugrenard

Road racing cyclist

*January 5th, 1982, Vannes

42

Janica Kostelić

Croatian alpine skier

*January 5th, 1982, Zagreb

42

Cirilo Saucedo

Mexican footballer

*January 5th, 1982, Mexico City

42

Jaroslav Plašil

Czech footballer

*January 5th, 1982, Opočno

42

Giovanni Pasquale

Italian footballer (1982-)

*January 5th, 1982, Venaria Reale

42

Norichika Aoki

Japanese baseball player

*January 5th, 1982, Hyūga

42

Maximiliano Bustos

Argentine footballer

*January 5th, 1982, San Luis

42

Takashi Aizawa

Japanese association football player

*January 5th, 1982, Niigata

42

Anastasiia Pidpalova

Ukrainian handball player

*January 5th, 1982, Kherson

42

Karel Geraerts

Belgian footballer and manager

*January 5th, 1982, Genk

42

Luca Ansoldi

Italian ice hockey player

*January 5th, 1982, Merano

42

Jessica Chaffin

American actress

*January 5th, 1982, Newton

42

Aneesh Sheth

Indian-American transgender actress

*January 5th, 1982, Pune

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Who's birthday is on January 5th?

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

40

Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen

German actress

*January 5th, 1984, Hamburg

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

45

David Kopp

German road bicycle racer

*January 5th, 1979, Bonn

41

Filip Adamski

Polish rower

*January 5th, 1983, Wrocław

46

Seanan McGuire

American writer

*January 5th, 1978, Martinez

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

55

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

83

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

55

Shea Whigham

American actor

*January 5th, 1969, Tallahassee

46

January Jones

American actress

*January 5th, 1978, Sioux Falls

41

Marlon Roudette

English singer and songwriter

*January 5th, 1983, London

39

Diego Vera

Uruguayan footballer

*January 5th, 1985, Montevideo

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

43

deadmau5

Canadian record producer and DJ

*January 5th, 1981, Niagara Falls

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Born in 1982

41

Nicki Minaj

Trinidadian-born rapper, singer and actress (born 1982)

*December 8th, 1982, Saint James

41

Lee Chong Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*October 21st, 1982, Bagan Serai

41

John Mulaney

American actor and comedian

*August 26th, 1982, Chicago

42

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Danish actress

*January 16th, 1982, Hillerød

41

Louis Bell

American record producer

*May 27th, 1982, Quincy

41

Miss Li

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 21st, 1982, Borlänge

42

Huang Sui

Badminton player

*January 8th, 1982, Hunan

42

Inez Bjørg David

German actress

*February 6th, 1982, Aarhus

42

Kamila Augustyn

Badminton player

*January 14th, 1982, Słupsk

42

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

41

Jussie Smollett

American actor and singer

*June 21st, 1982, Santa Rosa

41

Aki Akao

Badminton player

*October 20th, 1982, Hita

42

Ekaterina Ananina

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1982, Perm

41

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

41

Vanessa Bryant

American philanthropist

*May 5th, 1982, Huntington Beach

35

Anthony Delhalle

French motorcycle racer

*January 11th, 1982, Chartres †March 9th, 2017, Circuit Paul Armagnac

42

Jessica Biel

American actress

*March 3rd, 1982, Ely

42

Nivea

American R&B singer

*March 24th, 1982, Savannah

41

Leticia Brunati

Argentinian beach handball coach

*May 28th, 1982, Buenos Aires

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1982 is a normal year and no leap year.

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